Ross Stores (ROST) : Spirit Of America Management Corpny scooped up 3,300 additional shares in Ross Stores during the most recent quarter end , the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC on Oct 14, 2016. The investment management firm now holds a total of 9,500 shares of Ross Stores which is valued at $614,270.Ross Stores makes up approximately 0.08% of Spirit Of America Management Corpny’s portfolio.

Other Hedge Funds, Including , Pennsylvania Trust Co boosted its stake in ROST in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 50 additional shares and now holds a total of 4,550 shares of Ross Stores which is valued at $294,203. Ross Stores makes up approx 0.02% of Pennsylvania Trust Co’s portfolio. Private Trust Co Na added ROST to its portfolio by purchasing 3,305 company shares during the most recent quarter which is valued at $214,197. Ross Stores makes up approx 0.05% of Private Trust Co Na’s portfolio.Capstone Asset Management Co boosted its stake in ROST in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 2,700 additional shares and now holds a total of 57,776 shares of Ross Stores which is valued at $3,683,220. Ross Stores makes up approx 0.11% of Capstone Asset Management Co’s portfolio.Raymond James Trust N.a. boosted its stake in ROST in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 40 additional shares and now holds a total of 27,016 shares of Ross Stores which is valued at $1,734,427. Ross Stores makes up approx 0.15% of Raymond James Trust N.a.’s portfolio.Eqis Capital Management boosted its stake in ROST in the latest quarter, The investment management firm added 1,118 additional shares and now holds a total of 34,085 shares of Ross Stores which is valued at $2,197,801. Ross Stores makes up approx 0.14% of Eqis Capital Management’s portfolio.

Ross Stores closed down -0.15 points or -0.23% at $64.66 with 16,26,664 shares getting traded on Friday. Post opening the session at $64.94, the shares hit an intraday low of $64.54 and an intraday high of $65.144 and the price fluctuated in this range throughout the day.Shares ended Friday session in Red.

On the company’s financial health, Ross Stores reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the analyst consensus estimate by $ 0.04 according to the earnings call on Aug 18, 2016. Analyst had a consensus of $0.67. The company had revenue of $3180.92 million for the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $3128.94 million. The company’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.63 EPS.

Many Wall Street Analysts have commented on Ross Stores. Ross Stores was Resumed by Guggenheim to “Buy” on Sep 30, 2016. Company shares were Reiterated by RBC Capital Mkts on Aug 19, 2016 to “Sector Perform”, Firm has raised the Price Target to $ 65 from a previous price target of $56 .Company shares were Reiterated by Wedbush on Aug 19, 2016 to “Outperform”, Firm has raised the Price Target to $ 67 from a previous price target of $65 .

Ross Stores Inc. is an off-price retailer of name brand and designer apparel accessories footwear and home fashions for the entire family. The Company operates two brands of off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores Ross Dress for Less (Ross) and dd’s DISCOUNTS. As of December 31 2014 the Company operated 1210 Ross locations in 33 states the District of Columbia and Guam and 152 dd’s DISCOUNTS stores in 15 states. The Ross and dd’s DISCOUNTS stores are supported by five distribution centers. The Ross brand stores offers its products at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day. Ross’ target customers are primarily from middle income households. The dd’s DISCOUNTS stores offers its products at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day. Its target customers typically come from households with moderate incomes.